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The Family Cow resumes sale of raw milk

CHAMBERSBURG -- The Family Cow is selling raw milk again after a shutdown of more than two weeks.

The farm north of Chambersburg passed Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture requirements on Monday.

The farm, which distributes dairy products to 2,800 club members throughout the state, stopped selling raw milk on Aug. 5 when two people were sickened with Campylobacteriosis, an infection affecting the intestinal tract. The two cases were not from the same family and had no known connection to one another, according to a department spokeswoman.

It was the third time in less than two years that the farm's raw milk sales were interrupted because of illnesses linked to its raw milk. Raw milk from the farm at 3854 Olde Scotland Road was linked to five cases of campylobacteriosis in May and 78 cases in January and February 2012.

Farm owner Edwin Shank sent an email to customers on Saturday, "All of the official, state-certified tests that were run this week are 100 percent pathogen free. After 24 consecutive tests we finally got a perfect eight-in-a-row."